M. L. D. S. Priyadarshi Suriyasena Liyanage (Sinhala:ප්රියා සූරියසේන: born 27 October 1944), popularly as Priya Suriyasena, is a Sri Lankan singer. Priya first emerged as a talented local singer with the guidance of his father, who was a poet, and then rose to fame overnight when his first four songs were broadcast at the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) in 1970's. Since then he has retained his fame over five decades and produced most popular songs in Sri Lanka such as Atha Ranviman, Mata Wasana, Adaraneeya Neranjana, Ratakin Eha and Sudu Paravi Renase.
Priya Suriyasena's first cassette tape was released under Vijaya Ramanayake's Tharanga label, which was also the second cassette produced in Sri Lanka. His first song Andura Andura Mage was recorded in 1968. Lal Thenabadu, the late Sarath Dassanayake, Stanley Peiris, Sarath de Alwis, late Clarence Wijewardena Ranjith Perera and many other veteran music directors. Priya is also a talented composer and directed music for his own songs such as Adaraneeya Neranjana, Heta Dawase, Mata Wasana, Sanda Ma Gawai, Mage Samarum Pothe, Ekama Vidiye, and Gelawata Banda Wu etc. Most of these songs were created by Priya and Premakeerthi De Alwis who were close friends in the 1970's and became instant hits popular to date.